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Vienna Game: Mieses Variation
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.g3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Mieses Variation391k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
27%105k43%
24%92k40%
17%67k48%
15%60k43%
5.7%22k44%
4.3%17k40%
2.6%10.0k41%
1.4%5.5k39%
1.2%4.9k39%
0.4%1.7k37%
Famous games in this line2.3k master games
Mamedyarov, S. (2801) – Giri, A. (2782)Li Chao2 (2755) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2801)Nakamura, Hi (2780) – Topalov, V. (2749)So, W. (2753) – Keymer, Vincent (2776)Mamedyarov, S. (2764) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2763)Andreikin, D. (2712) – Kramnik, V. (2812)Mamedyarov, S. (2757) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2760)Mamedyarov, S. (2764) – Karjakin, Sergey (2750)Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, S. · Nakamura, Hi · So, W.
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C26
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3
FianchettoClassical
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Vienna Game: Mieses Variation, Erben Gambit3…d5 4.exd5 c6Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit3…Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5
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Carl Hamppe worked out 2.Nc3 in 19th-century Vienna, and the line was called Hamppe's Game before it took the city's name in the 1890s. Steinitz, Tartakower and Spielmann all used it. The Vienna Gambit (3.f4) keeps every King's Gambit dream alive — same fire, one move of patience.
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